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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a ludicrous folly;
- Example: "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
[syn: absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fatuity \Fa*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf.
   F. fatuit['e] Cf. Fatuous.]
   Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
   [1913 Webster]

         Those many forms of popular fatuity.     --I Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fatuity
    n 1: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of
         the clown's behavior" [syn: absurdity, fatuity,
         fatuousness, silliness]